More Flying Coffees Forecast as Google Tests Drone Tech

More Flying Coffees Forecast as Google Tests Drone Tech
A quadcopter drone flies near Deutsche Post headquarters on December 9, 2013 in Bonn, Germany. It can carry human riders if they happen to weigh only a few ounces. Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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Australians could see many more coffees flying around the suburbs after Google announced plans to test technology designed to load its drones and boost the number of airborne deliveries.

The tech giant’s drone arm, Wing, which operates in the skies above Canberra and Logan City, on Brisbane’s south, revealed plans to trial new advances on Friday, including a device to let drones collect goods without human assistance.

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